POLITICAL NOTES: Diplomacy vs. Politics

An embassy, $17,500 a year, the honor and titles of
Ambassador do not tempt a man well placed in politics any more than
they seduce the average successful man from business. R. B. Creager
of Brownsville, Texas, a friend of President Harding and friendly with
his successor, refused a nomination as Ambassador to Mexico. A White
House announcement emblazoned his refusal in these words: "Hon. R. B.
Creager of Brownsville, Texas, has been tendered the post of Ambassador
to Mexico by President Coolidge, as had also been done...